Dave, Help! How do I download music from my HP Windows computer to a Sony PSP computer? The system says it is downloaded but the PSP says that there are no tracks available?
Hmmm… I’m trying to figure out whether researching this question would justify me buying a Sony PSP and claiming it as a tax deduction on next year’s taxes (a curiously apropos question since today is April 15th, when we file income taxes here in the United States). 🙂
More seriously, here are the steps you’ll need to go through to get your music to download successful from your Windows PC to your new Sony PSP unit:
- Connect the PSP to your PC with a USB cable. (about $10: buy a USB cable for your PSP)
- Press the “home” button on the PSP (it’s a tiny button to the lower left of the screen) then use the left-right directional buttons to find “Settings”, then the up-down buttons to find “USB Connection” on the PSP.
- Press the “X” button (you got it, the round button with the “X” on it) and your PSP should display “USB Connection”.
- In a moment or two your computer should tell you that a new USB device has been connected, then show you a new generic hard drive, usually E: or F:
- Click on the drive letter that corresponds to the PSP unit.
- Now create a new folder on that drive and name it “psp”.
- Within the new “psp” folder create another folder, and name it “music”.
- Copy your desired mp3 files into the new “music” folder.
- When you’re done copying your desired music tracks, press the “O” button on the PSP to get out of USB connect mode.
Now you’re ready to go! Use the left-right arrows to move to the music area, then the up-down arrows to find “Memory Stick”. Chose that folder by pressing the “X” button again, and you should be able to find all your favorite music!
Note that the PSP running older firmware (firmware is the “operating system” of the PSP) does not support any Windows Media formats i.e WMA & WMV, so any music you have in that format must be converted to MP3 before copying to your PSP. Fortunately, Sony’s very own Image Converter 2.1 can convert all your music with a very simple GUi and will then also manage all the measuring and transfering for you too.
If Image Converter doesn’t seem up to snuff, then there are various other solutions for converting audio files, including the free Windows application Switch, written up here: How to convert WMA audio files into MP3 audio files.
If you really want to play WMA format audio files, make sure you have the latest version of the firmware from Sony (see below for update instructions).
That should get you up and rockin’ in no time!
Additional useful tutorials:
• How to format your PSP memory stick
• Update your PSP firmware via wifi network
• Update your PSP firmware without a wifi network
• How to get music to play on your PSP
when i plug my psp in to the usb it dosent come up with the thing u said it would so please help me!!!!
Im looking for a way to Sync music to my psp and when i follow the instructions above it has no options for syncing music to my device.
how do i find downloaded photos
how do i download music to a motorola sd adapter??
OK… sorry to bother you but I am having a problem getting the music onto my Playstation Portable. This can clear up some things… I first turned on my psp, went under the home and clicked the usb icon (with the cord), it read fine. Then I Went under Windows media player, clicked synchronize and put songs under the list. The Windows Media Player didn’t acknowledge the my PSP in the Windows Media Player, but t did register under my tool bar on my desktop. SO… My problem is that I can’t physically put m music from my library on Windows Media Player onto my psp. Help me please!!
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is really easy to tranfer music from u pc to the psp dont need to use media player or i tunes none of the bs just upen your folder in your pc and from there tranfer it 2 your psp thats it peace ……………………………….
i wanted to know how do i put music on my psp because when i plugged it in the computer and went to USB mode…….it came up on the computer and it said new hardrive g and when i double clicked on it…it said access denied……what to do???
I downloaded the music. I have the folders but there are zero tracks. I also can’t delete the folders. What do I do?
how do i dowload games from my computer to my psp so i can play it i mean i got it downloaded on there but i still cant play it so how do i get it too play
Dave, how do I get the pictures I downloaded to my documents to a CD?. I JUST BOUGHT A INSPIRON.531S WITH WINDOWS VISTA. I had Windows XP with my old computer, so I am trying to get used to the vista. sherry
i downloaded music onto my psp and then i unpluged my usb cord and i tried to play my music and it says “th music cannot be played there are no tracks available”. so what do i do now?
Putting music on the psp is easy, but you have to put it in the right folder. When you plug your PSP into your computer, you should see a new disk drive appear in My Computer, open up the new drive, and from there, the only difficult part (its not too hard) is locating the folder which contains your music, so when you go into your psp music folder, it will be there.
i heard that u can download music straight from the internet broswer from the psp. do you know any websites like that?
well i did all yor steps but it keeps saying retry and not working. what do i do?
dude, dat really didnt help me @ all. i copy it like u tell me and on my psp it sayz dat der iz no trackz.
ummm when i put my Usb cable in nothing pops up on the computer
its like with it ways the usb is working
what do i do
how do i put music on my psp
hiya dave dude you rock! hey i been surfing on the web for about two days searching and searching dude i cant find any good free web site so i can download music from pc to my psp man please help me find it if you know any free web site like this one plese write back to me or email me thankyou very much! oh and rock on dude!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dave, Help
I am in panik i got this awsome psp, but idk how 2 download music and videos on it. I mean i followed your steps but what site should i use. Plzzz Dave can u help me find a free site 2 download music & videos???
Ok i dont get any of this when i connect my psp to my comp. it shows up as “a”. What do i do
yo dave ur a life saver man. u dnt kno how frustrated i was trying to get music on their. ur awesome.
can you tell me what you mean when the computer will show you a hard drive usually e or f
I have the music onthe PSP but it wont play until I enable the WMA playback. I try to enable i but it wont connect to the internet. Can you please give me step by step help.
Thanks
I need you to show pictures on how to download music on the psp.
Heey Dave mhmm when i plug in my “PsP”
it says hardrive not found ?
like im really cofused
of i dont get back to this send me an email
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please email me as soon as you can and
man does ur steps for working a psp Easy but it dosen’t seem to work for me
hi dave im stuck you sed tat there would be a harddisk drives when you connect your psp usually e: or F: nothing happens it says my psp is connected but i doesnt show any harddisk drives please help me
my psp keep saying there are no tracks
I trieing to dwonload musicon my psp it it takes up memory but it says there is no trakes. what do i do?
I am trying to download music on my play station portable it it takes up memory but it says there is no tracks . what do i do?
Hey,
My name is nicholas and i have bought a psp about 2 months ago.
If wanting to put music or any other files on the psp the best option is to ‘FORMAT’ the memory stick, meaning the psp will make the CORRECT folders.
Making the folder ‘PSP’ then ‘MUSIC’ will NOT work.
I did what you told me to…, but its just not working. I went to music and clicked “X” and it said I had no tracks….
i was upgrading my psp then i took the memory stick out to switch. so it started to say it could not read. but it wouldnt leave mme turn it off so i took the battery out. now it wont come on anymore. what do i have to do now
my psp keeps saying theres no tracks
Dave- The cable necessary to connect your PSP to the computer is a very commonly used cable. Instead of telling people to go and buy one, you should suggest that they may already own one for a different use.
Other objects with the same cable include:
-Certain cameras
-All Texas Instruments Graphing Calculators (TI-84 and up)
-Many cingular, verizon, and alltell cellphones (if yours has any way to connect to the computer, the same cable is probably used)
i know that part but, my psp is still saying no traks, and u need to improved the site.
this giuide does not help
omg! thank you so much! i have been longing to get music on to my psp and now i can cause of your help. thank you so much! bye… =]
I put trakes on my psp but they turned into folders and I can play them.
THAAAAAANKKKSSS DDDDDDAVE!!!!!
i have a windows 98 how do i download psp games on to my psp from my windows 98 i need step by step really bad please help?
what are the access points in the psp?
hey i wanted to know if you know aney free music sites and how would i put them on i tryed fore so long to put free music but i got one free song from RSS Channal it’s on my psp i got free wallpaper and movies and what is remote play.
I’ve got music on my PSP and I can play it and everything. My problem is getting it from my PSP to my computer. I had the Sony Connect music service which allowed me to do it, but I had my computer formatted and the service went out of business or whatever. When I plug in the USB connector and open the music file, it is empty, even though I can play the music on my PSP. Any suggestions?
Can you also download songs off of limewire
I could not find the usb connection on the computer, so please help me
The computer says the musics on my psp but its not on my psp when i access the music.
1st of all you can’t connect to the internet with out a wireless access point.. in other words you need to have wireless internet connectivity. If you have wireless then you need to add your wep key to the psp or whatever security you have. Bootom line your psp has to talk to your WAP (Wireless Access Point)
Yo Yo,
The hint is sick!
Thanks
Wangster
dave i need help i need to know how yo but mucic on my psp !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! plz but step by step
How do I convert a dvd or downloaded movie so its compatible with my psp?